LD2196

An Act to Lower Health Insurance Costs, Reduce Barriers to Health Care and Ensure Fair Prices for Health Care

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Maine LD2196 aims to lower health insurance costs by capping hospital prices and ensuring fair pricing.

Maine LD2196 introduces measures to lower health insurance costs, reduce barriers to health care, and ensure fair prices for health care services. The bill caps the annual growth of hospital prices to align with the federal Medicare program's inpatient prospective payment system hospital market basket. It prohibits hospitals from charging more than 200% of the Medicare rate for inpatient and outpatient services and from entering into contracts with insurers or plan sponsors that exceed this rate.

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Calendar

Mar 17

1:00 PM

Hearing

Mar 12

1:00 PM

Hearing

History

Apr 29

House

The Bill was in the possession of the House when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

Apr 14

House

Unfinished Business

Apr 13

House

Unfinished Business